When Models Go Wrong – Interesting Blow-Ups in the History of Asset Management

Artemiza Woodgate will discuss what happened when financial models have failed in the past. She will also explore how the industry addressed the shortcomings of these models and measures taken to prevent future problems.

Speaker Bio:
Artemiza Woodgate joined Man Numeric in 2015 as a quantitative researcher on the Strategic Alpha Research team. Her research efforts focus on alpha signals, data processing, and model construction.

Prior to joining Man Numeric, Artemiza was at Russell Investments, an investment management firm in Seattle, Washington. As a senior researcher she was the subject matter expert on quantitative equities, focused on evaluating quantitative money managers with global and international equity portfolios. Previously, Artemiza taught courses in finance and economics at the Foster School of Business, University of Washington. She has published in top academic and practitioner journals, such as the Journal of Finance, Journal of Portfolio Management, and Management Science. Artemiza contributed to the "Sound Practices for Quantitative Managers", an industry-wide best practice guideline managed by the Chicago Quantitative Association.

She received a bachelor's degree with first class honors in mathematics and a master's degree with distinction from the University of Auckland, New Zealand and a doctorate degree in finance from University of Washington.

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